Two charged with Stroudsburg burglaries, jewelry thefts

A trail of stolen-jewelry sales records at Stroudsburg stores led state police to charge a Mount Bethel man with burglary and theft and an East Stroudsburg woman with receiving stolen property.

ANDREW SCOTT

A trail of stolen-jewelry sales records at Stroudsburg stores led state police to charge a Mount Bethel man with burglary and theft and an East Stroudsburg woman with receiving stolen property.

Zachary William Belverio and Autumn Marie Ross, both 20, are awaiting preliminary hearings in connection with May and September burglaries at a North Delaware Drive home in Upper Mount Bethel Township.

Police affidavits reveal the following:

Police responded May 9 to the first burglary at the home, where the victims said gold necklaces, gold bracelets, rings, pendants and U.S. currency had been stolen sometime between May 1 and 9.

Police in June checked precious metal sales records, finding Belverio had sold jewelry to Gold N' Edge in Stroudsburg on April 30, May 1 and May 5.

Police also found Ross sold jewelry there May 7 and to Designer Diamond Outlet in Stroudsburg on May 8.

All transactions were recorded on business forms showing photo scans of the jewelry and Belverio's and Ross' driver's licenses.

The victims July 3 identified the jewelry detailed on the transaction forms as belonging to them.

Police responded Sept. 17 to another burglary at the same home, where the victims told them someone had tried prying open their safe.

The victims didn't realize until the next day, Sept. 18, that the safe had been entered and earrings, gold rings, a cameo and gold necklaces had been stolen.

Police returned Sept. 20 to Designer Diamond Outlet, reviewed recent sales records and found Ross on Sept. 17 had sold several pieces of assorted jewelry.

As in the previous case, there was a transaction form showing photo scans of the jewelry and Ross' driver's license. Also, as in the previous case, the victims identified the jewelry as belonging to them.

Police on Sept. 24 interviewed Ross. When shown the transaction records with the photo scans of her driver's license, she admitted to having sold the jewelry, which she said Belverio (her then-boyfriend) had given her.

Ross said Belverio in May showed her several pieces of jewelry, which they then sold off little by little at Stroudsburg stores. She said he asked her in September to sell several more pieces of jewelry, which they again did in Stroudsburg.